Alfred Keith Collins

Forenames

Alfred Keith AWMM

Surname

Collins AWMM

Service number

• WWI 72819 AWMM
• WWII 35459 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

27 Oct 1897 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM 31 Shannon Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• WW1 Mrs Effie Edith Collins (mother), 10 Raffles Street, Napier, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Mrs Florence Kathleen Collins (wife), 31 Shannon Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

North Africa AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 72819 AWMM
• WWII 35459 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Enlistment

• WW2 Unknown AWMM Banker/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Clerk/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 05 Jun 1918-31 Jul 1918 AWMM
  HMNZT 105 AWMM Private AWMM Infantry Reinforcements AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
• WW2 Vessel was Remuera AWMM Private AWMM 38th Reinforcements, Specialists Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Corporal/Military AWMM
25 Infantry Battalion AWMM

Alfred Collins was the son of Albert and Effie Edith Collins; husband of Florence Kathleen Collins, of Wellington City, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

9 Aug 1941 AWMM
Age  43 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM K. 92 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24055293
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20545906
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2274176
  Sources Used

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 93
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.14
• Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• HMNZT 105 - The Remuerian : being a record of the voyage en route of the 38th Reinforcements. Cardston, Owen, editor. Whitlock, W.A. (William Arthur), editor. Robinson, A.C. (Alwyn Clifford), editor. Croll, Donald George, artist. -- At sea : [Magazine Staff] Engraved and printed at Halifax, Canada by the Royal Print & Litho Limited : 1918.
• Scoullar, J. L., & Barrow, N. J. (Eds.). (1919). Homeward bound: A souvenir of the H.M.N.Z.T. “Ruahine”, November–December 1919. 1NZEF. S. A. Electric Printing Company.